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BANCO DEL PACIFICO
Andrés Baquerizo
President
P. Icaza 200 E/Pichincha y Pedro Carbo.
Guayaquil
Tel: +593 4 2328333
mmantill@pacifico.fin.ec / www.bancodelpacifico.com
Area of activity: Bank
Date of creation: 2000 (restructured bank)
Deposits: 1485 million USD (2009)
The New Pacific Bank was created in October 2000.
This flexible and modern bank is optimistic about its fu-
ture and its potential clients can be assured that they will
receive first class services from this leading Ecuadorian
bank.
The bank operates nationwide across 14 provinces and
26 counties with a total of 117 branches, 14 business
centres, 9 “Drive Through” banks, 41 window banks
and many ATMs throughout the country. The bank also
serves clients in Miami and Panama.
The bank is currently represented by a professional
management team and technical specialists and is fo-
cused on providing quality customer service. It tries to
achieve excellence in all areas serving clients more ef-
ficiently and bringing a range of products and services
whilst still recognizing its commitment to work on a daily
basis with its clients in Ecuador.
The Pacific Bank is an integral part of the Pacifico Fi-
nancial Group that, in turn, belongs to the Central Bank
of Ecuador, but with private management. The fol-
lowing companies are members of the group: Paficic
National Bank (Miami), Banco del Pacifico (Panama),
Valpacifico, Fiduciaria del Pacifico, Seguros Sucre, Al-
magro, Pacificad.
“We are currently the third largest bank with a stake of
12%, very close to the second. We are recognized as a
national bank thanks to our operational and brand man-
agement, which has allowed a sustained growth in all
provinces.”
Econ. Andrés Baquerizo
President of Banco del Pacífico
BANCO AMAZONAS
Sergio Torassa
CEO
Av. Amazonas num 4430 y Villalengua
Quito
Tel: +593 2 226-0400
Av. Francisco de Orellana238 / Tel: +593 4 268 3600
www.bancoamazonas.com
Area of activity: Investment Bank
Date of creation: 1975
Assets: 200 M USD
Banco Amazonas came about as the result of a private
entrepreneurship initiative in Ecuador. Since 1975, they
have worked hard to ensure transparency, reliability,
safety and profitability for its customers.
The bank understands the importance of developing
long-term relationships of mutual trust with its clients.
They also appreciate that clients like the ‘personal
touch’ that their bank offers.
The employees of the Bank are fully aware that the suc-
cess of the relationship is based on understanding the
needs of each client and having the ability and the ca-
pacity to offer the most suitable products and services
to meet their requirements.
It offers a wide array of investment banking solutions,
such as securitization, deposit certification, ACT (Ama-
zon Capital Markets) and stock exchange securities,
applying effective policies to client portfolios and also
providing risk management services.
Banco Amazonas offers integrated value-added ser-
vices to its customers, including a contact center and
additional benefits within the program of “Asistencia
Banco Amazonas Contigo”, such as road assistance,
medical insurance, home and travel insurance, as well
as online banking.
“Our bank has 35 years experience and is one of the
few banks that have never been restructured, we are
very careful in risk management. We are very conser-
vative and solvency is the primary focus of the man-
agement team and shareholders. We are specialists
in business management, in investment banking and
wealth management”.
Sergio Torassa
CEO of Banco Amazonas